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A study on Information Structure of the English perfect and temporal adverbials

Research Project

Project/Area Number 26370567
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Section一般
Research Field English linguistics
Research InstitutionWakayama University

Principal Investigator

Nishiyama Atsuko  和歌山大学, 教育学部, 准教授 (90469130)

Project Period (FY) 2014-04-01 – 2018-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2017)
Budget Amount *help
¥1,950,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥450,000)
Fiscal Year 2016: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000)
Fiscal Year 2015: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000)
Fiscal Year 2014: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000)
Keywords現在完了形 / 時の副詞句 / 継続用法 / 非継続用法 / 情報構造 / 対照主題 / 英語 / 曖昧性 / 多義性 / コーパス / 時の副詞 / 完了形 / 時制 / 相 / 参照時間 / アスペクト / 形式意味論
Outline of Final Research Achievements

The English perfect can have multiple interpretations. Previous studies have regarded the co-occurrence of those interpretations with temporal adverbials such as for-adverbials and since-adverbials and the correlation between the interpretations and the sentential positions of those adverbials as evidence for the ambiguity of the perfect. This study looks at naturally occurring language data and shows that the correlation between the interpretations of the English present perfect and those temporal adverbial phrases are merely pragmatic tendencies. It also shows that the tendencies can be explained based on the information structure. That is, the temporal adverbials in sentence-initial position are regarded as frame setting topics, which also function as contrastive topics. This contrastive topicality causes strong pragmatic tendencies in the interpretations of the present perfect.

Report

(5 results)
  • 2017 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2016 Research-status Report
  • 2015 Research-status Report
  • 2014 Research-status Report

Research Products

(6 results)

All 2018 2017 2016 2015 Other

All Journal Article (1 results) (of which Open Access: 1 results) Presentation (3 results) Book (1 results) Remarks (1 results)

  • [Journal Article] 英語の現在の時の副詞nowの意味と様々な用法2017

    • Author(s)
      西山淳子
    • Journal Title

      和歌山大学教育学部紀要ー人文科学

      Volume: 67 Pages: 107-112

    • NAID

      120006250475

    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
    • Open Access
  • [Presentation] 情報構造と完了形解釈(仮)2018

    • Author(s)
      西山淳子
    • Organizer
      日本英文学会関西支部第13回大会
    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] 英語の談話における副詞句の解釈:nowと参照時間2016

    • Author(s)
      西山淳子
    • Organizer
      言語学シンポジウム「日常言語の今:語用論的観点からの日英語の分析」
    • Place of Presentation
      立命館大学
    • Year and Date
      2016-03-05
    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] 英語の副詞句と情報構造:時の副詞句の主題性について2015

    • Author(s)
      西山淳子
    • Organizer
      ヴァナキュラー文化研究会
    • Place of Presentation
      立命館大学
    • Year and Date
      2015-03-21
    • Related Report
      2014 Research-status Report
  • [Book] ことばとの対話-記述・理論・言語教育(仮)2018

    • Author(s)
      赤楚治之、高坂京子、山内信幸、北林利治、藤岡克典、長谷部陽一郎、西山淳子、他
    • Publisher
      英宝社
    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
  • [Remarks] 和歌山大学学術レポジトリ 和歌山大学教育学部紀要. 人文科学

    • URL

      http://repository.center.wakayama-u.ac.jp/list/f/%E5%92%8C%E6%AD%8C%E5%B1%B1%E5%A4%A7%E5%AD%A6%E6%95%99%E8%82%B2%E5%AD%A6%E9%83%A8%E7%B4%80%E8%A6%81.%20%E4%BA%BA%E6%96%87%E7%A7%91%E5%AD%A6/67

    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report

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Published: 2014-04-04   Modified: 2019-03-29  

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